Shopping Cart and Blown Out Tire All That Remains of Renowned Homeless Encampment

Commuters who pass the intersection of Sugarloaf and Lawrenceville-Suwannee will notice major changes underway. The triangle shaped forest once formed by the convergence of Sugarloaf, 29, and Lawrenceville-Suwannee has been completely demolished, and the long-standing homeless enclave in the trees has been reduced to rubble. Once a haven for the unhomed, the vibrant forest sported a network of trails, garbage collections, and tarps strung with wanton abandon among the trees, though the only vestige of the village we could locate now was a shopping cart from the neighboring Walmart carrying a single tire tread.

Developers plan to erect a massive apartment complex on the site, though The Man On The Street had some misgivings about the project. "Apartments?" he sighed. "Gwinnett needs another apartment complex like Franklin Roosevelt needs running shoes. That place had character. One time I saw a guy riding a BMX bike out of those trees, straight into rush hour on Sugarloaf. He was wearing a bra and panties over his regular clothes and a giant fuzzy top hat like you'd win at Six Flags. You're not going to find that at some soulless apartment block."

As seen in the photos above, the once bustling hub of homeless activity is now bare red clay, soon to be paved over in the name of modern housing, though we suspect the former residents won't be welcomed with open arms to the new abodes.